AltTab.app makes free features paid, drops old releases
21 points by indrora
by threecheese
3 subcomments
This isn’t the controversy the title suggests. Taking the dev at their word, the measures are pretty reasonable; they asked for help maintaining, nobody stepped up, and so it needs funding somehow. You only need a license to access a release binary, and a paid license to access the Pro binary. Source code is open, compile it yourself to avoid. Some features went into the Paid tier: well, something had to. Commenters are mostly supportive.
The dev did yank the previous releases, which wasn’t maybe the wrong choice.
by rrvsh
0 subcomment
This is a horrible title. The developer has kept the entire source code open and you can build from source to get all paid features, and offers a free 14 day trial for all new users. The core functionality of Alt Tab to switch windows is staying free.
by voxgen
0 subcomment
As a current free-tier user, this price & transition plan seems completely reasonable. I'll upgrade when the nudge comes. I've got at least that much utility from it so far.
Very glad this isn't a subscription.
by zenethian
0 subcomment
This app has been in my kit for many years now and I will buy a license the very day it goes on sale.
by techknight
0 subcomment
Pretty reasonable. Happy to pay for this, I can't stand using Macos without it.
by zuzululu
0 subcomment
but anyone can take this code, build any features you want on top of it without paying the author.
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